But I must admit I'm curious how this all started. I mean, her daughter was there....did she let her mom bring a knife to wal-mart?

RiskbreakerI was wondering the same, why the hell would you let you're alzheimer-mother outside home, with a damn knife?

TeenerTotSo I looked a bit and one story is that the old lady was left in the car while her daughter went in to Wal-Mart. the poor old gal got scared when she couldn't figure out where she was or how to get her seatbelt off. She found a steak knife in the car (?!) and cut the seatbelt off, then got out into the parking lot to try to find her daughter.

How terrible. Why would you leave a senile person with dementia in a car by themselves? This is one of those situations where there is no bad guy.

pastorofmuppetsNo, it's one of those situations where everyone's a bad guy.

Big MuddyWhatever it takes to knock some sense into those senile old coons right? You ever been poked by a octagenarian with a steak knife? It smarts!
You can look into that defenceless old woman's face as hard as you can, won't betray the fact your mechanized cop brain is hard wired to maim and destroy anyone regardless of age(As long as their not white. They take longer to heal you see.) foolish enough to confront you without provocation. Justice served.

phalsebob"We're not going to hurt her," he said as blood dripped from her head.

jaunchI wasn't sure what to expect from the title. I guess I figured they were just going to knock her to the ground, but that she'd basically be okay. But... that's a lot of blood, you know? It must have been a pretty hard hit.

AvengingatheistHow would call the cops on a eighty year old women in the first place?

CamonkWal-Mart employees. Are you a foreigner? Cause your grasp of written English is... let's call it slippery. Tenuous. By, at most, the quivering tips of your spindly fingers.

baleenThe point is she had a knife and was unresponsive. They did their job, and they did it well.
I can't believe some people think she should have been tazed. Think about that for a second.